Dorcoceras | |
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Dorcoceras hygrometrica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Subfamily: | Didymocarpoideae |
Genus: |
Dorcoceras Bunge [1] |
Species | |
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Dorcoceras is a genus of flowering plants in the African violet family Gesneriaceae, native to Assam, Southeast Asia, China and central Malesia. Its species were transferred from the genus Boea in 2016. [2]
D. hygrometrica is considered a resurrection plant and its genome has been sequenced to study desiccation tolerance. [3]
Currently accepted species include: